Nags Head, NC (243)

NDBC station 44086 (Nags Head, NC) is a moored standard meteorological station at 36.001°N 75.421°W, operated by UNC Coastal Studies Institute. PierMonkey reads its observations straight from the NOAA National Data Buoy Center and republishes them free, with no account required to see current conditions.

It reports significant wave height, dominant and average wave period, wind speed, gusts and direction, air and sea-surface temperature, and barometric pressure; full spectral wave-energy density, which separates overlapping swell trains by period and direction; and tide predictions from the nearest NOAA CO-OPS station.

The nearest surf break PierMonkey covers is Cape Hatteras, roughly 87 km away. The buoy is not necessarily the forecast source for that break, but readings here are a useful cross-check on what is running in the area.